tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464325810802830498.post7569179323062289931..comments2008-10-04T10:23:18.581-07:00mom go greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15855269655298658153noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464325810802830498.post-43481389784538065222008-10-04T05:30:00.000-07:002008-10-04T05:30:00.000-07:002008-10-04T05:30:00.000-07:00I just thought everyone should know that I found this really cool website that is recycling baby gear. <BR/>Babies grow up quickly and your beloved car seats, strollers, swings and highchairs end up as junk, collecting dust in the garage. Sadly, many of these items are thrown away, ending up in landfills. Well, not anymore. BabyEarth RENEW, a hassle-free baby gear recycling program. Just pay for shipping to their location in Texas and they take of the rest for you and they happily send you a $5.00 off coupon to shop on their site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464325810802830498.post-34415321127280287832008-09-15T21:31:00.000-07:002008-09-15T21:31:00.000-07:002008-09-15T21:31:00.000-07:00Yes we need a recycling program for used and expired car seats. I am still trying to hunt down a program, if there is one in California..........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464325810802830498.post-24130612292708035872008-09-02T13:35:00.000-07:002008-09-02T13:35:00.000-07:002008-09-02T13:35:00.000-07:00I live in Connecticut and have hit one brick wall after another trying to find a place to recycle car seats! I currently have 3 to recycle and CAN'T STAND to throw them in the trash so I've been holding onto them for A YEAR in my basement! What really frustrates me is that these car seats are in excellent condition and we were the original owners, but I still can't even GIVE them away just because of the recommendations!! It is really maddening when I see babies being held in someone's LAP driving down the road and I figure an outdated car seat is better than none at all!! I'm very frustrated and definitely will call Graco and Cosco to put in my 2 cents, which will probably be disregarded...Ava S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464325810802830498.post-38325870698256280572008-07-30T15:53:00.000-07:002008-07-30T15:53:00.000-07:002008-07-30T15:53:00.000-07:00I found this blog while searching for car seat recycling options for Washington state. Unless you live near Portland (Legacy Hospital has a program), the options are to: take it apart (you can recycle the metal and plastic) or toss it at the dump. As a family of 4 who recycle &amp; compost to the extent that we put out 1garbage can every 2 weeks, this gives me the heebie-jeebies. Call you waste mgt. services and politicians and demand a car seat recycling option!sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16123399734918931481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464325810802830498.post-74825966956550986972008-07-05T20:34:00.000-07:002008-07-05T20:34:00.000-07:002008-07-05T20:34:00.000-07:00I would love to see a national car seat recycling program. Living in California you would think there would at least be one for the state but so far no luck finding one. We were able to use a car seat that my husbands first child had outgrown for a year with our daughter before it expired but now that we've bought a new car seat I hate to see the old one wind up in a landfill. Since we've just had our second child and are planning on more in a couple years we'll wind up having to buy new car seats for our future children. I've purchased an all-in-one seat for our new born and a forward facing car seat that becomes a belt positioning booster for our 18 month old so that we don't have to buy the infant carrier and then a regular car seat and then a booster, it makes me feel a little more eco friendly but if it winds up in the trash anyway - that's depressing.<BR/><BR/>Mell<BR/>Mom of two and six years before my current car seats expire, hopefully we'll have a solution before then.mellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464325810802830498.post-82794039817085678632008-06-06T16:06:00.000-07:002008-06-06T16:06:00.000-07:002008-06-06T16:06:00.000-07:00scarivin,<BR/>thanks for finding the blog! here in sf i have since found that the homeless prenatal program accepts used car seats as a donation (among other baby or pregnancy items).<BR/>http://www.homelessprenatal.org/mom go greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15855269655298658153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464325810802830498.post-84257230427450093602008-06-06T12:00:00.000-07:002008-06-06T12:00:00.000-07:002008-06-06T12:00:00.000-07:00I found this blog simply because I am trying to find a program to which I can donate my defunct car seats!. I have twins and 3 pairs of car seats. There seems to be a program in Colorado, but I can't find one in San Francisco.scarivinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721891624671761704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464325810802830498.post-41918952993114870292008-05-14T19:58:00.000-07:002008-05-14T19:58:00.000-07:002008-05-14T19:58:00.000-07:00I absolutely think it's time for a national car seat recycling program. I am appauled that upon googling "recycling a car seat" I was unable to find any other option other than smashing it with a sledge hammer, cutting the straps and tossing it into the trash. I imagined the hundreds of thousands of seats every year being thrown into landfills. With all the buzz of being "green" today I cannot believe there are no other options. What a shame!<BR/><BR/>Jill<BR/>Mom of 3 in Michigan and owner of 5seats so far...Jillnoreply@blogger.com